Unexpected: Lumia 830 in Nokia's pipeline?

Leaks are coming from China, that Nokia might have yet another Lumia device up its sleeves. In the picture above, you are seeing what's claimed to be "Lumia 830".

You might have thought 820 is the successor to 710, as the new mid-range device in the family.

But apparently that is misconception. According to Chinese sources, although slightly shorter in the naming number, 820 seems to be a little bit higher positioned than 830. So, the succession of Lumia devices is now like this:

When Elop said Nokia is going "aggressive", I liked the spirit but was also worried something like this would happen. 900 pissing off 800 users and 920 pissing off 900 users. Maybe it is necessary ( ? ) because they are so behind but it also gives a finger to loyal customers.
From this pace I'm guessing a Lumia 1000 is on for a Summer release. It's a dead spiral so I'm getting a 920 too no matter what lol.

too funny :) Nokia will hopefully focus on the new devices that they have just released to the public. I wonder if we cant say that the 710 was succeeded by the 820 and the 800 will be succeeded by this 830?

Wow. I just wish that a Nokia falgship would come to Verizon. Don't get me wrong, I'm eyeing a red 8X as my next phone but I'd kinda like to have the "Drive" maps on my phone so a Nokia flagship would be nice.

Lumia 510 runs WP 7.5 not 8... so how can it be a succesor??? and yes Lumia 610 has not been discontinued... Lumia 510 is launched as an entry-level windows phone to attract the Android customers from buying the Low-End Galaxy Series phones from Samsung...

No sir, this does not look like HTCopy at all. HTC looks like a Lumia, as mentioned before. And this is by no means unexpected, it was super expected that Nokia would release a smaller and thinner WP8-model in addition to the recent larger ones. Nokia knows their phonemaking, expect them to offer a wide portfolio during 2013.

Oh come on... With that logic, all the recent iPhones "looks like Android devices". N9 was the first, then Lumia 800. This is following 100% Nokia's fabula design language, and HTC has nothing to do with it. Only that they have copied it as much as they can.

I disagree with the 800->820 suggestion. The 800 was the premium device (as was the 900. The 820 is the mid-range device - missing some of the key features (namely the OIS camera), so more of a successor to the 710.
It would be great if the 830 was the 820 with OIS! I'd certainly go for that device, especially with a wireless charging back attached. It would be nice to see the higher res screen too, but for me that's not such a big deal in a mobile... It makes sense to have lower res, smaller screens as co-premium devices sharing all the features other than a larger, higher res screen. Some of us want smaller devices, not bigger!

Maybe it is the one for Sprint? Weren't they supposed to get into WP8 game early next year which would make this leak to mark the start of production for the device. I guess that only time will tell, but I wouldn't go as long as say that there is any "confusion" on the matter, rather it is Nokia playing by the US rules and serving the rest of the globe with unified product range that is fairly coherent.
Also, it could be that this time around we have to wait for the Lumia 7xx series a bit longer for there is no niche to cover with that. Of course one could argue that on the first wave Lumia 800 and 900 were exactly the same but I guess this had more to do with innate limitations of WP7 than with Nokia's lack of clarity in their product pipeline.

IMHO there's no true 710 successor (yet)... Remember, the 710 was basically a $250-300 device (in Canada at least), but it had the same internal specs as the Lumia 800 and 900. A true 710 successor would need to remain in that price range, or max out at $350 but it needs to pack the same dual-core CPU and 1GB memory.

i was initally in favor of the naming convention chosen by Nokia. A three-digit number that tells how "advanced" a phone is. However it's getting complicated down the road: A Lumia 900 is NOT better than a Lumia 820 despite having a larger number. The former is a wp7 device and the latter a dual-core wp8 device. IF SOMEONE IN NOKIA IS READING THIS PLEASE CONSIDER ADDING A LETTER NEXT TO THE NUMBER TO INDICATE THE GENERATION TOO. for example Lumia 900a, Lumia 820b. That way there might be a direct successor to the lumia 900a, the lumia 900b

Only problem with your lettering idea is that it could cause more confusion for some. It could appear that a "B" phone is inferior to an "A" phone.
But you're right, the number naming thing is getting a bit confusing.

Nokia has stated many times, that it takes time to master the manufacturing process of the polycarbonate body. HTC has probably thought that it is easy, and tried to copy the Lumia-design as quickly as possible.
One more reason for me to buy a Lumia.

I might have to wait too long to buy a Windows 8 Phone, seems no mid range is available, may be 830 might be it...
Dual-Core
8/16 GB
WVGA [I like longer battey life]
Gorilla Glass
MMC Slot
- Definitely 920 is a monster in its class but Im more concerned about Battery, thus I go mid-range...